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By: Vic the Brooklynitehttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/fix-the-f-train/comment-page-1/#comment-465073
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:39:28 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/fix-the-f-train/#comment-465073The F line needs fixing?! You can’t be serious! I’ve ridden the F line when it used to be called the D line in the 1950’s and 1960’s, and went to 205th Street and the Grand Concourse in the Bronx, from it’s traditional and current start on Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island. Maybe it needs some improvement, but compared to the B and Q lines, the F line and its’ stations is the luxury line! Stations along the B and Q, especially in Brooklyn, must have been built when the average height of people was about 5 feet 2 and the platform widths can accomadate only the skinniest of folks. The only significant drawback of the F is that it makes too many local stops in Brooklyn. And the service on the B and Q especially, rush hours coming back from Manhattan to New York’s most famous borough is horrendous! Of course I’m an old timer who remembers these things, and there aren’t many of us natives left!
]]>By: Roosevelt Island 360 (Eric)http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/fix-the-f-train/comment-page-1/#comment-464709
Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:28:17 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/fix-the-f-train/#comment-464709Re Poor F Train Service

Yet as my colleague the Roosevelt Islander points out when little Roosevelt Island makes noise about poor service on the F Train we and our elected officials are perrenially ignored or told that nothing can be done by anyone at the MTA

]]>By: DN - Hanover, NHhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/fix-the-f-train/comment-page-1/#comment-464655
Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:03:22 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/fix-the-f-train/#comment-464655Ok, what’s wrong with the F train? As a rider (fine, former daily rider for the past 4 years) of the 7 line, I can say that the 7 line is more prone to breakdowns than the F train. Whenever the 7 train failed, I would take the F train from 74th Street – Jackson Heights station without fail.